Kanyā — Virgo
Kanyā is the 6th rāśi, the waist of the Kāla-puruṣa, ruled by Budha. Parāśara's rāśi-svarūpa chapter gives it a colour, a direction, a varṇa and a manner of rising; Phaladīpikā states what a person born with Kanyā rising is like. SIA computes the lagna and every graha's rāśi for the birth moment and fires the rules that name Kanyā — the verses below are the ones it reads from.
At a glance
- Lord
- Budha (Mercury)BPHS C01.14
- Nature
- dual (dvisvabhāva) · gentle, female (śubha, strī)BPHS C01.5
- Limb of the Kāla-puruṣa
- waistBPHS C01.4
- Element · varṇa (melāpaka)
- earth · vaiśyaMILAN.VARNA
- Span
- 150°–180°computed
- Exalted here
- Budha (Mercury) 15°BPHS C02.38b
- Debilitated here
- Śukra (Venus) 27°BPHS C02.39b
- Mūlatrikoṇa of
- Budha (Mercury) 15°–20°BPHS C02.28
- Vaśya signs
- Mithuna (Gemini) · Mīna (Pisces)MILAN.VASYA
- Nakṣatras
- Uttara Phalguni (pāda 2, 3, 4) · Hasta (pāda 1, 2, 3, 4) · Chitra (pāda 1, 2)computed
Parāśara on Kanyā
पार्वतीयाथ कन्याख्या राशिर्दिनबलान्विता। शीर्षोदया च मध्याङ्गा द्विपाद्याम्यचरा स्मृता।।१३।।
RenderingKanyā delights in the hills, is strong by day, rises by its head, is medium-bodied, two-footed, and dwells in the south, of the vaiśya varṇa.
ससस्यदहना वैश्या चित्रवर्णा प्रभञ्जिनी। कुमारी तमसायुक्ता बालभावा बुधाधिपः।।१४।।
RenderingA maiden parching grain, clad in patterned cloth, tamasic, of childlike nature — and Budha is her lord.
Phaladīpikā — born with Kanyā as lagna
स्रस्तांसबाहुः परवित्तगेहैः संपूज्यते सत्यरतः प्रियोक्तिः । ब्रीडालसाक्षः सुरतप्रियः स्याच्छास्त्रार्थविच्चाल्पसुतोऽङ्गनायाम् ॥६॥
TranslationIf a person be born when Sign Kanya is rising, his shoulders and arms will be drooping; he becomes respectable through others' houses and wealth. He is truthful and will speak kindly. His look is faint due to modesty. He is fond of sexual enjoyment. He knows the interpretation of Sastras and will have a very limited number of children.
Questions
Who is the lord of Kanyā?
Budha (Mercury), as Parāśara states in the rāśi-svarūpa chapter.
Which nakṣatras fall in Kanyā?
Uttara Phalguni (pāda 2, 3, 4), Hasta (pāda 1, 2, 3, 4), Chitra (pāda 1, 2) — nine pādas of 3°20′ each make the sign.
Is Kanyā a movable, fixed or dual sign?
Dual (dvisvabhāva) — the rāśis from Meṣa alternate movable, fixed, dual (BPHS ch. 1).
See these verses fire on your own chart.
Cast your kundli in SIA — every line of the reading carries the verse it rests on.
Related
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